Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates and Gatepiers opposite the Coach-house including Curved Wall adjoining to NE.
Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, designated on 14 May 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1998
- Locality
- Plas Brondanw Estate
- Community
- Llanfrothen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95946, -4.06148
- Cadw reference
- 19807
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately opposite the Coach-house at Plas Brondanw, at the foot of the path up to Brondanw Tower.
History
Gates and gatepiers built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and owner of the Brondanw estate from 1908 until his death in 1978. Conceived as vista gates at the start of a long straight path from Plas Brondanw to the foot of the hill upon which the folly Brondanw Tower stands.
Exterior
Tall rubble gatepiers, sloped-up from square buttressed walls on either side. The top stages are off-set and have reconstitiuted stone moulded capping with flaming urn finials. Simple low iron gates with urn finials, painted in the distinctive gold and light blue estate colours..
Adjoining to the L pier, a rubble wall slopes up on a natural rock roundation to join a concave curved wall some 15m long and 1.5m high; stone ball finials terminate this at either end, that to the L on a square pier with reconstituted capping.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of Clough Willams-Ellis' work at Plas Brondanw and for group value with other listed items.
Nearby in the register
- Statue of Fireman set within lily-pond at Plas Brondanw GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Coach-house and adjoining Entrance Arch to Plas Brondanw GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Aedicular Triple-arched Niche at Plas Brondanw Gardens including adjoining Wall and Gate to NEGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- PenstepDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.